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17 August Morning Session - 2008 Olympic Swimming Results - Michael Phelps #8

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Dara Torres, USA, and Cate Campbell, AUS, Women's 50m Freestyle final held at the National Aquatics Centre during Day 9 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17, 2008 in Beijing, China. Torres won the silver, Campbell the bronze

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The top swimmer's results from the the 2008 Olympic Swimming Pool in Beijing for the 17 August 2008 Morning Session. History was made when the USA men won the 4x100 medley relay, earning Michael Phelps his 8th gold medal in one Olympics.

This is the final session from the swimming pool, with the 10k swim marathons scheduled for 20 and 21 August in the Beijing rowing basin.

Sun 17 August 2008 10:00 Morning Session

  • Women's 50m Freestyle Final
    GOLD: 24.06 OR Britta Steffen, GER
    SILVER: 24.07 Dara Torres. USA
    BRONZE: 24.17 Cate Campbell, AUS
    6. 24.63 Kara-Lynn Joyce, USA

  • Men's 1500m Freestyle Final
    GOLD: 14:40.84 Oussama Mellouli, TUN
    SILVER: 14:41.53 Grant Hackett, AUS
    BRONZE: 14:42.69 Ryan Cochrane, CAN
    5. 14:48.16 Larsen Jensen, USA

  • Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final
    GOLD: 3:52.69 WR AUS (Seebohm 59.33, Jones 1:04.58, Schipper 56.25, Trickett 52.53)
    SILVER: 3:53.30 USA (Coughlin 58.94, Soni 1:05.95, Magnuson 56.14, Torres 52.27)
    BRONZE: 3:56.11 CHN (Zhao 59.56, Sun 1:06.75, Zhou 57.40, Pang 52.40)

  • Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final
    GOLD: 3:29.34 WR USA (Piersol 53.16, Hansen 59.27, Phelps 50.15, Lezak 46.76)
    SILVER: 3:30.04 AUS (Stoeckel 53.80, Rickard 58.56, Lauterstein 51.03, Sullivan 46.65)
    BRONZE: 3:31.18 JPN (Miyashita 53.87, Kitajima 58.07, Fujii 50.89, Sato 48.35)
    With the relay win by the USA, Michael Phelps won his 8th gold medal, the most ever in a single games; Phelps also has 16 life-time medals, the most of any Olympic swimmer. Dara Torres moved up to a tie for second of all US swimmers with 12 life-time Olympic medals (tied with swimmer Jenny Thompson). Natalie Coughlin is not far behind with 11.

    USA Swimming Report: USA Swimming Ends 2008 Olympic Competition At Water Cube With 31 Swimming Medals

OR = Olympic Record
WR = World Record
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